Ousewem

Developing a flood-resilient future

Project Overview

Ousewem is a multi-partner collaboration bringing together partners to deliver Natural Flood Management (NFM) across North Yorkshire. The project focuses on reducing flood risk for vulnerable communities across the Swale, Ure, Nidd, and Ouse (SUNO) catchments.

By taking a catchment-wide, long-term approach to flood resilience, Ousewem is harnessing nature-based solutions(NbS) to manage water, reduce the risk of flooding, and create additional benefits such as homes for wildlife. Innovative modelling, partnership working and collaboration underpin the work of this project.

Our specialist delivery team work with landowners and farmers to co-design interventions that work with nature to store, slow and absorb water, providing resilience to droughts and flooding which work in harmony with farming operations.

Learn more about Natural Flood Management (NFM):

Our partners

Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust is proud to be part of Ousewem, a collaborative project led by the City of York Council in close collaboration with North Yorkshire Council, Natural England, JBA and the University of York.

Ousewem is an innovative flood resilience project, funded by Defra as part of the £200 million Flood & Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme managed by the Environment Agency. The programme will drive innovation in flood and coastal resilience and adaptation to a changing climate.



Get involved

To find out more email our delivery team at: ousewemdelivery@ydrt.co.uk